O’Malley: Romney's Swiss account is un-American

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said on Sunday that a presidential candidate with a Swiss bank account isn't someone who's concerned about building American bridges and jobs.

“President Obama isn't running against the Almighty, he's running against the alternative. The alternative in this case is Mitt Romney, who had the 47th worst job creation rate as governor, and also has a penchant - a talent - for offshoring American jobs, sending them overseas and also maintaining offshore bank accounts in Bermuda, Swiss bank accounts,” he said on ABC's "This Week."

The chairman of the Democratic Governors Association continued, “I’ve never known of a Swiss bank account to build an American bridge, a Swiss bank account to create American jobs, or Swiss bank accounts to rebuild the levies to protect the people of New Orleans. That's not an economic strategy for moving our country forward.”

O’Malley maintained that while President Barack Obama is concerned about investing in the country’s education, infrastructure and innovation, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has demonstrated that his first priority is to protect the assets of the wealthiest Americans.

“He wants to make it even easier for very wealthy people to avoid paying taxes, to offshore American jobs, and to maintain their Swiss bank accounts while our roads and bridges and levies crumble,” O'Malley added.